SHORT STORY: IN HEARTS WE DWELL BY CHIDERA IKE-AKAENYI
Ọla cringed and sank deeper into the dark well she had created for moments like this. Her ears throbbed and her eyes hurt as Nkiru continued screaming, her words bouncing around, off the walls and out of the room; through the half-open doorway and reverberate in the empty staircase.